George Orwell "1984" "newspeak". It is unfortunate but you are certainly not the first victim of the press and not likely to be the last. George Lowe Cyndi Howells wrote: > At 01:51 PM 11/7/98 -0800, you wrote: > >Here are a couple quotes; > <snip> > >Have I missed something? Does he mean I no longer need a library > >card or a trip to the Federal Archives? > > > >Does he also mean we no longer need to search for Cemetery locations? > > > >When did all this happen? > > > >John > > John and all - > If any of you saw the "New Attitudes" program on Lifetime TV last > Friday night, you saw the interview they did with me and Karen & > Brian from RootsWeb. I found it interesting that they kept hyping > the segment by saying "You can do all your family history research > online...from your home...see how easy it is..." etc. Yet, I had > said in the interview SEVERAL times that it is NOT possible to do > all of your research online. I said that you can't find everything > you need on the Internet. The Internet is merely a new tool to add > to your already existing set of research tools: your society, your > local library, the local FHC, etc. I said it is now the most > powerful tool, but it doesn't exclude the rest. Despite the fact > that I said that in many different ways, they still hyped the show > the way they wanted to and they didn't use those portions of my > interview. The power of the press, I guess. > > Cyndi